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Effner, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sheldon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60966. The Survey maps it on the Sheldon quadrangle.

Effner within Iroquois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

11,431 words on this township

History of Iroquois County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Sheldon Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Sheldon Township - 11,431 words.

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sheldon2.0 miles13
Webster4.1 miles13
Iroquois4.9 miles13
Darrow5.4 miles12
Eastburn5.8 miles11
Donovan9.1 miles11
Cutmer9.2 miles12
Coaler11.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 407810. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.